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Journalists' right to act as eyes and ears of the public must not be put at risk | Siobhain Butterworthhttps://www.theguardian.com/law/butterworth-and-bowcott-on-law/2011/sep/09/journalists-police-questioning-amelia-hill
The questioning of Guardian journalist Amelia Hill raises concerns about the ability of journalists to investigate law enforcement and hold it up to scrutiny without fear of arrest<p>The <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/sep/07/press-freedom-police-guardian-reporter" title="">questioning under caution</a> of the Guardian journalist Amelia Hill, following allegations of leaks from the police investigation into phone hacking, has raised concerns about freedom of speech at a time when relations between the police and the public are especially febrile. The newspaper will not comment on allegations that stories have come from a particular source, but said that Hill has not paid a police officer for information.</p><p>The phone-hacking scandal has, rightly, put media ethics under the microscope, with the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/sep/07/phone-hacking-police-make-arrest" title="">latest police investigation</a> running alongside the <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/sep/05/leveson-inquiry-terms-of-reference" title="">Leveson inquiry</a> and a <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2011/jul/20/james-rupert-murdoch-full-transcript" title="">parliamentary select committee</a> crawling over newsgathering practices.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/law/butterworth-and-bowcott-on-law/2011/sep/09/journalists-police-questioning-amelia-hill">Continue reading...</a>UK criminal justiceLawPhone hackingNewspapers & magazinesNational newspapersNewspapersMediaMedia lawUK newsPolicePress intrusionFri, 09 Sep 2011 13:37:02 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/law/butterworth-and-bowcott-on-law/2011/sep/09/journalists-police-questioning-amelia-hillPhotograph: Katherine Rose/ObserverGuardian reporter Amelia Hill has been questioned by police investigating alleged leaks from the phone-hacking inquiry. Photograph: Katherine Rose for the ObserverPhotograph: Katherine Rose/ObserverGuardian reporter Amelia Hill has been questioned by police investigating alleged leaks from the phone-hacking inquiry. Photograph: Katherine Rose for the ObserverSiobhain Butterworth2011-09-09T13:37:02ZSelf-regulation of the press is flawed, but reform is no easy matter | Siobhain Butterworthhttps://www.theguardian.com/law/butterworth-and-bowcott-on-law/2011/jul/20/press-complaints-commission-reform
Statutory regulation is unrealistic in a digital age and is unlikely to have prevented phone hacking<p>The <a href="http://www.pcc.org.uk/" title="">Press Complaints Commission</a> (PCC) does not know whether it is coming or going. The likelihood is that, as a result of the phone-hacking scandal, it is going but in the meantime it is responding to calls for reform of press regulation with a nervous enthusiasm that is almost unseemly given the history.</p><p>In a <a href="http://www.pcc.org.uk/news/index.html?article=NzI0OA==" title="">press release</a> welcoming Lord Justice Leveson's inquiry into media ethics, the PCC said that it had not seen a diminution in the volume of complaints it received, in spite of the revelations about phone hacking. "This bears witness to the fact that the necessary work of the commission, through its dedicated staff, is accepted as valuable," it says.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/law/butterworth-and-bowcott-on-law/2011/jul/20/press-complaints-commission-reform">Continue reading...</a>Press Complaints CommissionPress freedomPhone hackingLawNewspapers & magazinesNational newspapersNewspapersMediaUK newsRegulatorsBusinessPress intrusionWed, 20 Jul 2011 11:27:18 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/law/butterworth-and-bowcott-on-law/2011/jul/20/press-complaints-commission-reformPhotograph: Rex FeaturesLady Buscombe, chair of the Press Complaints Commission, which has come in for criticism in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal. Photograph: Rex FeaturesPhotograph: Rex FeaturesLady Buscombe, chair of the Press Complaints Commission, which has come in for criticism in the wake of the phone-hacking scandal. Photograph: Rex FeaturesSiobhain Butterworth2011-07-20T11:27:18Z